Poem Movies

Arthur Johns' 10-minute experimental film is a personal essay on colour effects, set to a hypnotic soundtrack by Robert Wyatt. Although his initial...

During the 1700s, a masked bandit robs the rich and aids the poor, to the chagrin of the authorities and the corrupt nobility, and prompting the king...

An interpretive visual to accompany the spoken word poem by Nikki Lorenzo, shot in one day on a hiking trail in Malibu, California.

A poetry film that tells the story of a man struggling with his deteriorating mental state and self-destruction.

A small film based on a poem by Osip Mandelstam. What the poet is thinking about, sitting in his apartment.

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

Based loosely on a true story. Grieving his father, Mark is determined to power on and build his future, transforming his pain into song. In Loving...

This 11 minute homage to the male member shows its subject in the various stages of erection. The voice-over poem by James Broughton includes the...

A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.

A poem about a flower going through an existential crisis

Works inspired by artists Basquiat, Banksy, Haring, and Ai Weiwei represent Bukowski's poem's theme of self-invention.

The portrait of two young women – a loving team that complements each other with all their habits and rituals like two puzzle pieces. This is a...

It's Chico, baby. He's the king of love!

An exploration of love and loss in Paris.

On the beach at sunset a man waits for his one true love. When she arrives, a bittersweet romance ensues.

A ghost follows its non-existent shadow across a series of windows that gives light but no direction. As the ghost moves, a poem is read that serves...

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. Al Shayne sings the Loesser & Hersher song Don't Grow Any Older.